Sweetnighter
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Sweetnighter is Weather Report
's third studio album, released on Columbia Records
in 1973. The group had recorded the songs in a five day stretch during February of the same year. It was to be the last album to feature founding member Miroslav Vitous
as the primary bassist.
with
Weather Report
Weather Report was an American jazz-rock band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul and the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter...
's third studio album, released on Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
in 1973. The group had recorded the songs in a five day stretch during February of the same year. It was to be the last album to feature founding member Miroslav Vitous
Miroslav Vitouš
Miroslav Ladislav Vitouš , is a Czech jazz bassist.-Biography:Born in Prague, he began the violin at age six, and started playing the piano at age ten, and bass at fourteen. As a young man in Europe, Vitouš was a competitive swimmer. One of his early music groups was the Junior Trio with his...
as the primary bassist.
Track listing
- "Boogie Woogie Waltz" (J. Zawinul)– 13:06
- "Manolete" (W. Shorter)– 5:58
- "Adios" (J. Zawinul)– 3:02
- "125th Street Congress" (J. Zawinul)– 12:16
- "Will" (M. Vitouš)– 6:22
- "Non-Stop Home" (W. Shorter)– 3:53
Personnel
- Josef Zawinul - Electric and acoustic piano, synthesizer
- Wayne ShorterWayne ShorterWayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards...
- Soprano and tenor sax - Miroslav VitoušMiroslav VitoušMiroslav Ladislav Vitouš , is a Czech jazz bassist.-Biography:Born in Prague, he began the violin at age six, and started playing the piano at age ten, and bass at fourteen. As a young man in Europe, Vitouš was a competitive swimmer. One of his early music groups was the Junior Trio with his...
- Electric and acoustic bass - Eric GravattEric GravattEric Kamau Grávátt is a jazz drummer who has played with McCoy Tyner, Joe Henderson, Weather Report, and others.-Discography:With Julian Priester*Love, Love...
- Drums (tracks 2, 4 and 6) - Dom Um RomãoDom Um RomãoDom Um Romão was a Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist. Noted for his expressive stylings with the fusion band Weather Report, Romão recorded with varied artists such as Cannonball Adderley, Paul Simon, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 and Tony Bennett...
- Percussion
with
- Muruga BookerMuruga BookerMuruga Booker is an American drummer, recording artist, and Orthodox priest.- Biography :Booker was born Steven Bookvich in Detroit, Michigan on December 27, 1942 and is of Serbian decent. His father, Melvin Bookvich, was a shoemaker who played accordion. He has a wife, Shakti; a son, Aaron; and a...
- Percussion - Andrew WhiteAndrew White (saxophonist)Andrew White is an American jazz/R'n'B multi-instrumentalist , musicologist and publisher.-Biography:...
- Electric bass (tracks 1, 4 and 6), English horn (tracks 3 and 5) - Herschel Dwellingham - Drums (tracks 1, 2, 3 and 6)